AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game
Former Shinboner and Bulldog Roy Day was born 120 years ago today. Day played four games for North Melbourne in 1926-27 and two games for Footscray in 1927, kicking four goals. — Andrew Gigacz
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Happy birthday to Geelong's Steven Hocking, who turns 60 today. Hocking played 199 games for the Cats from 1984 to 1994, and has since served the club and the AFL in a number of roles. — Andrew Gigacz
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Happy 121st birthday to Fitzroy's Gerald McKenzie. In his only year of VFL football, McKenzie played every game for the Maroons in 1930 before returning to his original club, South Bendigo, as captain-coach in 1931. — Andrew Gigacz
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Across 128 V/AFL seasons, 10.1 has been a final score only three times. Incredibly, all three were recorded in the 2020 season, by Fremantle, Essendon and Carlton. The reverse score, 1.10, has been registered four times. — Andrew Gigacz
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St Kilda's Geoff Weber was born on this day 110 years ago. Weber's first game for the Saints in 1934 appeared likely to be the first of many, but circumstances conspired to make it his last. — Andrew Gigacz
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Happy birthday to Essendon's Nick Walsh, who turns 60 today. Walsh played 11 games for the Bombers from 1986 to 1988. His one and only goal came in a 41-point win over Fitzroy in 1987. — Andrew Gigacz
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Across 16,662 games over 128 V/AFL seasons, 6.1 has never once been a final score. Its reverse – 1.6 – had been recorded six times, most recently by Richmond in 1908. — Andrew Gigacz
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First recorded by Collingwood in 1901 and most recently by Fitzroy in 1966, 5.1 has been a final score only three times in V/AFL history. Its reverse, 1.5, has been a final score six times. — Andrew Gigacz
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Happy 150th birthday to St Kilda's Herb Louch. Recruited from East Brighton, Louch's one and only game of VFL football came in September 1898. Unfortunately for Louch it was a loss to Geelong by 75 points. — Andrew Gigacz
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Happy 150th birthday to St Kilda's George May. Debuting against Collingwood in August 1898, May played a further two games that year and another seven in 1899. Unfortunately for May, they were all losses. — Andrew Gigacz
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Happy 121st birthday to Richmond's Bill Finlayson. As a 22-year-old, Finlayson played two games for Richmond in 1926, a loss to South Melbourne in Round 12 and another loss to Footscray in Round 18. — Andrew Gigacz
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Tonight's Port Adelaide vs Collingwood match will be the first AFLW meeting of the two famous clubs. It will leave Melbourne as the only team the Power have yet to face in an AFLW match. The Magpies will have faced all other teams. — Andrew Gigacz
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Tonight's Adelaide vs Melbourne match will mark the 11th time the two sides have met in the AFLW. The teams will go into the match with ledger even at five wins apiece, although the Crows is the only team which can boast a Grand Final win.— Andrew Gigacz
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Saturday's Grand Final crowd of 100,013 made it the 42nd-highest attendance figure in V/AFL history. It was one fewer than the 100,014 who attended the 2019 Grand Final and one more than 2008 Grand Final crowd of 100,012. — Andrew Gigacz
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Fitzroy's Arthur Treloar was born 140 years ago today. Treloar played four games for the Roys in 1907 and 1908, kicking three goals. He kicked two goals in his debut match, the only time he tasted victory. — Andrew Gigacz
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Tonight's Carlton vs North Melbourne match will be the fifth AFLW meeting between two sides. The Kangaroos have won all four so far, which have been played at four different venues. — Andrew Gigacz
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Today's Collingwood vs Western Bulldogs AFLW match will mark the fourth meeting of the two sides at Victoria Park. The Magpies won the first three, by 36 points in 2021, by 25 points in March 2022 and by 5 points in November 2022. — Andrew Gigacz
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The highest score recorded in any of the 22 V/AFL games played on September 21 came on this day 22 years ago when Brisbane kicked 21.12.138 to defeat Port Adelaide in the 2002 Second Preliminary Final. — Andrew Gigacz
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The largest crowd to witness any of the 22 V/AFL matches played on September 18 came on this day 54 years ago when 108,215 fans saw Carlton play St Kilda in the 1970 Preliminary Final. The Blues won by 62 points. — Andrew Gigacz
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Tonight's Brisbane vs Western Bulldogs match will be the sixth meeting of the two sides in the AFLW. Brisbane have won three of the five played so far, but the Western Bulldogs won the most important one of all, the 2018 Grand Final. — Andrew Gigacz
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Kicking off a premiership defence with five wins on the trot is a good thing, yeah? Maybe not, says Gigs.
Andrew Gigacz | 21 Apr 2022
Men's AFL is back, and so is Micro Noises. Andrew Gigacz looks at Hawthorn's one-point win and invokes Mozart to describe Gold Coast's AFLW loss.
Andrew Gigacz | 24 Mar 2021
Media Release: Eight new members have been inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
AFL Media | 14 Jun 2022
In response to a question from a fan, Andrew Gigacz looks at past V/AFL teams that have flown out of the blocks before falling short of finals.
Andrew Gigacz | 10 Jun 2022
A summary of the awards and honours bestowed in the 2021 AFL season, compiled by Andrew Gigacz.
Andrew Gigacz | 10 Oct 2021